diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b142268..a72318a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ifndef CFLAGS
 CFLAGS = -O2 -g -I /usr/include/libnl3/
 endif
+CFLAGS += -I ./include/
 LIBS=-lnl-3 -lnl-genl-3
 all: swconfig
 
diff --git a/include/linux/switch.h b/include/linux/switch.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a59b239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/switch.h
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * switch.h: Switch configuration API
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_SWITCH_H
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_SWITCH_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/netlink.h>
+#include <linux/genetlink.h>
+#ifndef __KERNEL__
+#include <netlink/netlink.h>
+#include <netlink/genl/genl.h>
+#include <netlink/genl/ctrl.h>
+#endif
+
+/* main attributes */
+enum {
+	SWITCH_ATTR_UNSPEC,
+	/* global */
+	SWITCH_ATTR_TYPE,
+	/* device */
+	SWITCH_ATTR_ID,
+	SWITCH_ATTR_DEV_NAME,
+	SWITCH_ATTR_ALIAS,
+	SWITCH_ATTR_NAME,
+	SWITCH_ATTR_VLANS,
+	SWITCH_ATTR_PORTS,
+	SWITCH_ATTR_PORTMAP,
+	SWITCH_ATTR_CPU_PORT,
+	/* attributes */
+	SWITCH_ATTR_OP_ID,
+	SWITCH_ATTR_OP_TYPE,
+	SWITCH_ATTR_OP_NAME,
+	SWITCH_ATTR_OP_PORT,
+	SWITCH_ATTR_OP_VLAN,
+	SWITCH_ATTR_OP_VALUE_INT,
+	SWITCH_ATTR_OP_VALUE_STR,
+	SWITCH_ATTR_OP_VALUE_PORTS,
+	SWITCH_ATTR_OP_DESCRIPTION,
+	/* port lists */
+	SWITCH_ATTR_PORT,
+	SWITCH_ATTR_MAX
+};
+
+enum {
+	/* port map */
+	SWITCH_PORTMAP_PORTS,
+	SWITCH_PORTMAP_SEGMENT,
+	SWITCH_PORTMAP_VIRT,
+	SWITCH_PORTMAP_MAX
+};
+
+/* commands */
+enum {
+	SWITCH_CMD_UNSPEC,
+	SWITCH_CMD_GET_SWITCH,
+	SWITCH_CMD_NEW_ATTR,
+	SWITCH_CMD_LIST_GLOBAL,
+	SWITCH_CMD_GET_GLOBAL,
+	SWITCH_CMD_SET_GLOBAL,
+	SWITCH_CMD_LIST_PORT,
+	SWITCH_CMD_GET_PORT,
+	SWITCH_CMD_SET_PORT,
+	SWITCH_CMD_LIST_VLAN,
+	SWITCH_CMD_GET_VLAN,
+	SWITCH_CMD_SET_VLAN
+};
+
+/* data types */
+enum switch_val_type {
+	SWITCH_TYPE_UNSPEC,
+	SWITCH_TYPE_INT,
+	SWITCH_TYPE_STRING,
+	SWITCH_TYPE_PORTS,
+	SWITCH_TYPE_NOVAL,
+};
+
+/* port nested attributes */
+enum {
+	SWITCH_PORT_UNSPEC,
+	SWITCH_PORT_ID,
+	SWITCH_PORT_FLAG_TAGGED,
+	SWITCH_PORT_ATTR_MAX
+};
+
+#define SWITCH_ATTR_DEFAULTS_OFFSET	0x1000
+
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_SWITCH_H */
